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	When I started using GNU/Linux (Ubuntu, to be precise), I was surprised to know that there wasn't a free and open thesaurus that's as handy & light as the proprietary ones available on the Windows platform. Even more, they're all using Princeton's (free) WordNet under the hood, while charging for their application; WordNet's name appears only in the licence of their ''About'' boxes. I enquired about the availablity of such an application in the Ubuntu Forums if it's already there ([http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=598267 post can be seen here]). No reply came; I felt having such an application might be very useful for the free/open-source software community and thus Artha.		''"When I started using GNU/Linux (Ubuntu, to be precise), I was surprised to know that there wasn't a free and open thesaurus that's as handy & light as the proprietary ones available on the Windows platform. Even more, they're all using Princeton's (free) WordNet under the hood, while charging for their application; WordNet's name appears only in the licence of their ''About'' boxes. I enquired about the availablity of such an application in the Ubuntu Forums if it's already there ([http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=598267 post can be seen here]). No reply came; I felt having such an application might be very useful for the free/open-source software community and thus Artha."''


	==Inspiration==		==Inspiration==

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	'''Artha ~ The Open Thesaurus''' is a cross-platform open source thesaurus based on WordNet released under the [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html GPL v2 licence]. This Wiki is its homepage.		'''Artha ~ The Open Thesaurus''' is a cross-platform open source thesaurus based on WordNet released under the [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html GPL v2 licence]. This Wiki is its homepage.

			==Naming==
	In [[Wikipedia:Tamil\|Tamil]] ([http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/search3advanced?dbname=tamillex&query=அருத்தம்&matchtype=exact&display=utf8 அருத்தம்]) ''Arutham'' implies meaning, definition, reason, implication or material. Hence this name for the thesaurus.		In [[Wikipedia:Tamil\|Tamil]] ([http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/search3advanced?dbname=tamillex&query=அருத்தம்&matchtype=exact&display=utf8 அருத்தம்]) ''Arutham'' implies meaning, definition, reason, implication or material. Hence this name for the thesaurus.

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			==Author==
	Developed and Maintained by		Developed and Maintained by

	'''Sundaram Ramaswamy''' ''<legends2k [at] yahoo [dot] com>''		'''Sundaram Ramaswamy''' ''<legends2k [at] yahoo [dot] com>''

	When I started using GNU/Linux (Ubuntu, to be precise), I was surprised to know that there wasn't a free and open thesaurus that's as handy as the proprietary ones available on the Windows platform. Even more, they're all using Princeton's (free) WordNet under the hood, while charging for their application; WordNet's name appears only in the licence of their ''About'' boxes. I enquired about the availablity of such an application in the Ubuntu Forums if it's already there ([http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=598267 post can be seen here]). No reply came; I felt having such an application might be very useful for the free/open-source software community and thus Artha.

			When I started using GNU/Linux (Ubuntu, to be precise), I was surprised to know that there wasn't a free and open thesaurus that's as handy & light as the proprietary ones available on the Windows platform. Even more, they're all using Princeton's (free) WordNet under the hood, while charging for their application; WordNet's name appears only in the licence of their ''About'' boxes. I enquired about the availablity of such an application in the Ubuntu Forums if it's already there ([http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=598267 post can be seen here]). No reply came; I felt having such an application might be very useful for the free/open-source software community and thus Artha.

	~~Thanks to all the developers and non-technical contributors. Most importantly:~~

	* '''~~CS Shyam Sundar~~'~~'' (~~for ~~numerous valuable inputs~~ and ~~help on hosting this Wiki)~~		==Inspiration==
	~~''<csshyamsundar~~ [at] ~~gmail [dot~~] ~~com>''~~		[http://wordnet.princeton.edu/ WordNet] is an excellent thesaurus database and a work of art by Cognitive Science Laboratory of Princeton University. But WordNet in itself is difficult for the masses to grasp, with its minimalistic ''WordNet Browser'' and lot of jargon. Hence a need for a simple and handy GUI arose. This led to the birth of Artha, a new thesaurus over WordNet, for easy access and to improve the usability of WordNet. Nevertheless, without WordNet Artha would not have been possible. Many thanks to [[Wikipedia:George Armitage Miller\|George A. Miller]] and Cognitive Science Laboratory, Princeton University for giving such a vast, comprehend-able corpus for free, which can be used for correlated study of the English language and its nuances.

	* '''GTK App. Developer Mailing List''' (for help in sorting out a few issues in development)
	~~''<gtk-app-devel-list [at] gnome [dot] org>''~~

			[http://www.pidgin.im/ Pidgin] - The Instant Messanger was the prime source of inspiration to create a cross-platform application and in choosing GTK+. Its ease of use and consistency across different operating systems was a compelling drive.

	~~==Inspiration==~~
	[http://wordnet.princeton.edu/ WordNet] is an excellent thesaurus database and a work of art by Cognitive Science Laboratory of Princeton University. But WordNet in itself is difficult for the masses to grasp, with its minimalistic ''WordNet Browser'' and lot of jargon. Hence a need for a simple and handy GUI arose. This led to the birth of Artha, a new thesaurus over WordNet, for easy access and to improve the usability of WordNet. Nevertheless, without WordNet Artha would not have been possible. Many thanks to [[Wikipedia:George Armitage Miller\|George A. Miller]] and Cognitive Science Laboratory, Princeton University for giving such a vast, comprehend-able corpus for free, which can be used for correlated study of the English language and its nuances.

			==Greetings==
			Thanks to all direct (people who wrote WordNet, GCC, GLib, GTK+, dbus, libnotify, enchant, etc.) and indirect contributors (''my folks'' :) for their support and to my friends:

			* '''Chaitanya Vasantarao''' ''<superchaits [at] gmail [dot] com>''
			(for his valuable inputs)

	[~~http://www.pidgin.im/ Pidgin~~] - The Instant Messanger was the prime source of inspiration to create a cross-platform application and in choosing GTK+. Its ease of use and consistency across different operating systems was a compelling drive.		* '''CS Shyam Sundar''' ''<csshyamsundar [at] gmail [dot] com>''
			(for his help on hosting this Wiki)

Legends2k: Added note on the inspiration/need

2010-02-24T12:34:35Z

Added note on the inspiration/need

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	'''Sundaram Ramaswamy''' ''<legends2k [at] yahoo [dot] com>''		'''Sundaram Ramaswamy''' ''<legends2k [at] yahoo [dot] com>''

			When I started using GNU/Linux (Ubuntu, to be precise), I was surprised to know that there wasn't a free and open thesaurus that's as handy as the proprietary ones available on the Windows platform. Even more, they're all using Princeton's (free) WordNet under the hood, while charging for their application; WordNet's name appears only in the licence of their ''About'' boxes. I enquired about the availablity of such an application in the Ubuntu Forums if it's already there ([http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=598267 post can be seen here]). No reply came; I felt having such an application might be very useful for the free/open-source software community and thus Artha.

Legends2k: /* Inspiration */ Corrected Grammar

2009-02-13T07:46:27Z

Inspiration: Corrected Grammar

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	==Inspiration==		==Inspiration==
	[http://wordnet.princeton.edu/ WordNet] is an excellent thesaurus database and a work of art by Cognitive Science Laboratory of Princeton University. But WordNet in itself is difficult for the masses to grasp, with its minimalistic ''WordNet Browser'' and lot of jargon. Hence a need for a simple and handy GUI arose. This led to the birth of Artha, a new thesaurus over WordNet, for easy access and to improve the usability of WordNet. Nevertheless, without WordNet Artha ~~wouldn't~~ have been possible. Many thanks ~~them~~ for giving such a vast, comprehend-able corpus for free, which can be used for correlated study of the English language and its nuances.		[http://wordnet.princeton.edu/ WordNet] is an excellent thesaurus database and a work of art by Cognitive Science Laboratory of Princeton University. But WordNet in itself is difficult for the masses to grasp, with its minimalistic ''WordNet Browser'' and lot of jargon. Hence a need for a simple and handy GUI arose. This led to the birth of Artha, a new thesaurus over WordNet, for easy access and to improve the usability of WordNet. Nevertheless, without WordNet Artha would not have been possible. Many thanks to [[Wikipedia:George Armitage Miller\|George A. Miller]] and Cognitive Science Laboratory, Princeton University for giving such a vast, comprehend-able corpus for free, which can be used for correlated study of the English language and its nuances.


	[http://www.pidgin.im/ Pidgin] - The Instant Messanger was the prime source of inspiration to create a cross-platform application and in choosing GTK+. Its ease of use and consistency across different operating systems was a compelling drive.		[http://www.pidgin.im/ Pidgin] - The Instant Messanger was the prime source of inspiration to create a cross-platform application and in choosing GTK+. Its ease of use and consistency across different operating systems was a compelling drive.

Legends2k: Incorrect grammar fixed

2009-02-13T07:37:07Z

Incorrect grammar fixed

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	In [[Wikipedia:Tamil\|Tamil]] ([http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/search3advanced?dbname=tamillex&query=அருத்தம்&matchtype=exact&display=utf8 அருத்தம்]) ''Arutham'' implies meaning, definition, reason, implication or material. Hence this name for the thesaurus.		In [[Wikipedia:Tamil\|Tamil]] ([http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/search3advanced?dbname=tamillex&query=அருத்தம்&matchtype=exact&display=utf8 அருத்தம்]) ''Arutham'' implies meaning, definition, reason, implication or material. Hence this name for the thesaurus.

	Also ([[Wikipedia:~~Devanagari~~\|~~Devanagari~~]]~~: अर्थ) in~~ [[Wikipedia:~~Sanskrit~~\|~~Sanskrit~~]] [[Wikipedia:artha\|''Artha'']] means purpose, cause, motive, meaning and notion.		Also in [[Wikipedia:Sanskrit\|Sanskrit]] ([[Wikipedia:Devanagari\|Devanagari]]: अर्थ) [[Wikipedia:artha\|''Artha'']] means purpose, cause, motive, meaning and notion.

Legends2k: Link added to அருத்தம்

2009-02-13T07:36:20Z

Link added to அருத்தம்

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	In [[Wikipedia:Tamil\|Tamil]] (~~அர்தம்~~) ''~~Artham~~'' ~~means~~ meaning, definition, reason, implication or material. Hence this name for the thesaurus.		In [[Wikipedia:Tamil\|Tamil]] ([http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/search3advanced?dbname=tamillex&query=அருத்தம்&matchtype=exact&display=utf8 அருத்தம்]) ''Arutham'' implies meaning, definition, reason, implication or material. Hence this name for the thesaurus.

	Also ([[Wikipedia:Devanagari\|Devanagari]]: अर्थ) in [[Wikipedia:Sanskrit\|Sanskrit]] [[Wikipedia:artha\|''Artha'']] means purpose, cause, motive, meaning and notion.		Also ([[Wikipedia:Devanagari\|Devanagari]]: अर्थ) in [[Wikipedia:Sanskrit\|Sanskrit]] [[Wikipedia:artha\|''Artha'']] means purpose, cause, motive, meaning and notion.

Legends2k: Fixed grammar

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	In [[Wikipedia:Tamil\|Tamil]] (அர்தம்) ''~~artham~~'' means meaning, definition, reason or ~~implication~~. Hence this name for the thesaurus.		In [[Wikipedia:Tamil\|Tamil]] (அர்தம்) ''Artham'' means meaning, definition, reason, implication or material. Hence this name for the thesaurus.

	Also ~~[[Wikipedia:artha\|''Artha'']]~~ ([[Wikipedia:Devanagari\|Devanagari]]: अर्थ) ~~is a~~ [[Wikipedia:Sanskrit\|Sanskrit]] ~~which~~ means ~~"meaning, material,~~ purpose, cause, motive, notion".		Also ([[Wikipedia:Devanagari\|Devanagari]]: अर्थ) in [[Wikipedia:Sanskrit\|Sanskrit]] [[Wikipedia:artha\|''Artha'']] means purpose, cause, motive, meaning and notion.

Legends2k: Added Artha actual definition

2009-02-13T07:22:29Z

Added Artha actual definition

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	'''Artha ~ The Open Thesaurus''' is a cross-platform open source thesaurus based on WordNet released under the [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html GPL v2 licence]. ~~Developed and maintained by~~		'''Artha ~ The Open Thesaurus''' is a cross-platform open source thesaurus based on WordNet released under the [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html GPL v2 licence]. This Wiki is its homepage.


			In [[Wikipedia:Tamil\|Tamil]] (அர்தம்) ''artham'' means meaning, definition, reason or implication. Hence this name for the thesaurus.

			Also [[Wikipedia:artha\|''Artha'']] ([[Wikipedia:Devanagari\|Devanagari]]: अर्थ) is a [[Wikipedia:Sanskrit\|Sanskrit]] which means "meaning, material, purpose, cause, motive, notion".


			Developed and Maintained by

	'''Sundaram Ramaswamy''' ''<legends2k [at] yahoo [dot] com>''		'''Sundaram Ramaswamy''' ''<legends2k [at] yahoo [dot] com>''
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	==Inspiration==		==Inspiration==
	[http://wordnet.princeton.edu/ WordNet] is an excellent thesaurus database and a work of art by Cognitive Science Laboratory of Princeton University. But WordNet in itself is difficult for the masses to grasp with ~~the simple~~ WordNet ~~browser they provide~~. Hence a need for a simple and handy GUI ~~kindle us~~ to ~~write~~ a new thesaurus ~~interface~~ over WordNet for easy access and to ~~increase~~ WordNet~~'s usability~~. Nevertheless, without WordNet Artha wouldn't have been possible. ~~We thank~~ them for giving such a vast, comprehend-able corpus for free, which can be used for correlated study of the English language and its nuances.		[http://wordnet.princeton.edu/ WordNet] is an excellent thesaurus database and a work of art by Cognitive Science Laboratory of Princeton University. But WordNet in itself is difficult for the masses to grasp, with its minimalistic ''WordNet Browser'' and lot of jargon. Hence a need for a simple and handy GUI arose. This led to the birth of Artha, a new thesaurus over WordNet, for easy access and to improve the usability of WordNet. Nevertheless, without WordNet Artha wouldn't have been possible. Many thanks them for giving such a vast, comprehend-able corpus for free, which can be used for correlated study of the English language and its nuances.

	[http://www.pidgin.im/ Pidgin] - The Instant Messanger was the prime source of inspiration to create a cross-platform application and in choosing GTK+. Its ease of use and consistency across different operating systems was a compelling drive.		[http://www.pidgin.im/ Pidgin] - The Instant Messanger was the prime source of inspiration to create a cross-platform application and in choosing GTK+. Its ease of use and consistency across different operating systems was a compelling drive.

Legends2k: Added Licence Info

2009-02-13T04:07:36Z

Added Licence Info

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	'''Artha ~ The Open Thesaurus''' is a cross-platform open source thesaurus based on WordNet ~~developed~~ and maintained by		'''Artha ~ The Open Thesaurus''' is a cross-platform open source thesaurus based on WordNet released under the [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html GPL v2 licence]. Developed and maintained by

Legends2k: Initial Draft

2009-02-13T03:53:27Z

Initial Draft

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'''Artha ~ The Open Thesaurus''' is a cross-platform open source thesaurus based on WordNet developed and maintained by

'''Sundaram Ramaswamy''' ''<legends2k [at] yahoo [dot] com>''

Thanks to all the developers and non-technical contributors. Most importantly:

* '''CS Shyam Sundar''' (for numerous valuable inputs and help on hosting this Wiki)
''<csshyamsundar [at] gmail [dot] com>''

* '''GTK App. Developer Mailing List''' (for help in sorting out a few issues in development)
''<gtk-app-devel-list [at] gnome [dot] org>''

==Inspiration==
[http://wordnet.princeton.edu/ WordNet] is an excellent thesaurus database and a work of art by Cognitive Science Laboratory of Princeton University. But WordNet in itself is difficult for the masses to grasp with the simple WordNet browser they provide. Hence a need for a simple and handy GUI kindle us to write a new thesaurus interface over WordNet for easy access and to increase WordNet's usability. Nevertheless, without WordNet Artha wouldn't have been possible. We thank them for giving such a vast, comprehend-able corpus for free, which can be used for correlated study of the English language and its nuances.

[http://www.pidgin.im/ Pidgin] - The Instant Messanger was the prime source of inspiration to create a cross-platform application and in choosing GTK+. Its ease of use and consistency across different operating systems was a compelling drive.